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Ibinabo’s AGN Faction Rejects Caretaker
Ibinabo Fiberesima’s fac
tion of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) kicks against the newly set up caretaker Committee of AGN. They are insisting that the State Chapters of AGN are not aware of the selection of the Caretaker Committee members. Fiberesima’s faction stated that Ibinabo is still the president of the association.
It was gathered that the governing body of Nigerian actors, AGN is being faced with a fresh crisis after the short peace it had enjoyed in a short while. A statement signed by the secretary of the Ibinabo camp of AGN, Abubakar Yakub, reads:
“The National Executive Committee of AGN received the news of a group purported to have set up a Caretaker Committee to take over the Guild as a shock because no group/stakeholders approached the National Executive Committee on the said meeting.
Also, our State Executive Committees were not aware of the purported meeting. Much as we would not like to respond to the resolution of the said stakeholders meeting which looks like a child’s play to us, however we need to set the records straight for avoidance of doubt by our teeming members and the general public.
The fact is that Ibinabo Fiberesima remains the only elected president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). The matter between St Maradona Mclive Johnson and AGN which judgment was pronounced by the Justice T.S. Tshoho of the Federal High Court Lagos on March 16, 2015 is a subject of appeal at the Federal Court of appeal Lagos, No:Ca/l/498/16″.
“Until final judgment is given by the Supreme Court, if it takes us there, it will ever remain like that. Examples abound of how State Governors were sacked by tribunals and even appeal courts but were never removed from office until Supreme Court gives it’s final judgment.
Our states’ executive committees were not aware of the meeting including over 85 per cent of State chairmen across the country. So the chairmen that attended the said meeting did so in their individual capacity and not on behalf of their state AGN chapters.
The National President is not also moved by all these distractions as she remains focused and committed to the welfare and wellbeing of our members.
She cannot be cowed out of office. We have respect for the rule of law and shall abide by the result of legal and constitutional process in order to entrench a lasting peace in our noble Guild.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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